【推荐2】Sara Duncan, a mother of two and teacher from Fredericktown, Missouri, posted a picture on the Internet after she took her younger daughter lo the hospital together with her husband. Joe Duncan. The picture of the father sleeping on the hospital floor is causing a lively _________ about equal parenting.

Sara posted the picture _________, because she knew she didn’t give him enough _________ for how impressive he is as a husband and a father.

Sara _________ why she wanted to photograph the moment. Joe works as a technician and had just _________ a 12-hour shift (轮班) that night on March 23. Sara told him she wanted to bring their daughter to hospital after _________ she was breathing with great _________. Sara knew her husband was _________, and had to return to a morning shift a few hours later. But he was a very _________ person. He didn’t want his wife to __________ to their child on her own in the hospital. Sara said her child received small treatment and was __________ to go home after two hours. When she looked down on the ground, Sara __________ Joe had already fallen fast asleep. She looked at him thinking how __________ she was to him.

Sara’s post was __________ more than 31,000 times. She wrote: “Wives and their husbands __________ shared parenting roles and responsibilities, but the share isn’t always 50/50. Sometimes it’s 60/40, 70/30, or __________ 80/20. The everyday housework heavily __________ women. And husbands have to be __________ to spare no efforts.”

It’s important to discuss your expectations of __________ and responsibilities if parents and all people are to be valued __________ and if we’re going to keep moving forward in our culture.

【推荐2】When I moved to Washington, D.C, I left all of my friends behind. ________ new acquaintances to home-cooked meals was my best ________ to make new friends. Given that my food was pretty good, everyone was soon asking me for the ________, which was how Bun Bo Bae, my cooking blog came into being.

In hindsight (事后看来), I’ve probably been   ________ to start a food blog. I spent most of my childhood in the kitchen with my mom. I would watch her cook,   ________ a lot of knowledge of cooking. To my ________, I left for college before I could learn my mom's best dishes.

I went to France to study. I was ________ alone for the first time in my life. There were no roommates, dorms or dining halls. I was ________   homesick. So, I started calling my mom and asking for the recipes for my favorite dishes. As it ________, my mom didn’t have any recipes. She just taught me how to cook intuitively (凭直觉地); thus, I learned to cook by ________ and feeling my food.

Bun Bo Bae was initially a space for me to put what I learned into writing. I wanted to write down every ________ I was given in detail. Later on, I ________ more. I created some recipes by myself. Soon my food blog and follower count grew.

Bun Bo Bae increased my ________ at work. I knew I was a great cook, but I had no idea how to make a website. So I taught myself web building. And the ________ helped me land my job at NPR, where one of my recipes was ________ in a famous cafeteria.

【推荐3】I lost all my hair at age two due to alopecia (脱发症). I wore a wig (假发) and was _________ for it. Children at my age would call me “bald” or say, “Lindsay has no hair.” They were right. I felt like I _________ it, as if losing my hair due to the disease were my _________.

Fortunately, sports became my _________, and I was grateful to have natural _________ ability. I’d race home every day and shoot baskets for hours. I started to gain _________ from others. I became known as a girl who was good at basketball. In high school I broke countless school records and received a scholarship to play in college. However, I still rarely _________ my alopecia.

Afterwards I wanted to run the marathon in my town. I barely trained and thought it was just running. It turned out that I was _________. I wasn’t _________ at the time that this 26.2-mile run would __________ my life and attitude in more ways than I could have imagined. I’ll never forget the feeling of crossing the finish line and the way everyone __________ with me. I fell in love with the __________

The more I ran, the more __________ I felt. Then one day, during a training run, I took off my __________ hair halfway. I couldn’t believe my __________. But, for the first time, I felt strong, beautiful, and brave, and I knew that I didn’t __________ it. Two weeks later, I ran my first marathon bald and set a personal record. Tears welled up in my eyes. I was __________ Lindsay.

Alopecia has been the __________ gift I never knew I needed. I know now I’m beautiful and truly __________ it. It’s not what I look like that makes me beautiful, but being a good person, being kind, and always __________ a smile and a helping hand to someone in need.